Pedestaled desk



June v17 1924. l 1,498,132

F. 1...,G. STRAUBEL PEDESTALED DESK Filed Aug. 21. 1922 In ven 'ar.'

Patented .June 17,1924. i 'l 1,498,13ii` unirsi) STATES PATENT -rricaFREDERICK L. e. STRA'UBEL, or GREEN BAY, wisconsin.

PEDESTALED nEsK.

Application led August 21, i922.` lSerial No. 583,096.

To all whom t may concern: Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlargement of the 55Be it known that I, FREDERICK L. G. middle upper portion of F ig."2,showing Athe bgrnAoBEL, a citizen i the United States,rearrangement'ofthe interlocking elements.

S'l'dmgat Green Bay in the County of Brown Fig 6 is 9 fmgmlltaly bottomview or and btate of Wisconsin, have invented certhe table top ofFig. 3,showing the arrangetain new and useful Improvements in a Pedment of? theinterlocking elements on the 60 estaled Desk; and' I do hereby declarethe same. i following to be a clear, and exact de- While my inventionmay be employed scriptiony of the invention, such as will enwitli equalfacility inconnection with desks able others sl'rilled; in the art towhich aphaving various types of upper portions and pertains to make anduse the same. with desks varying also as to the number of 65 Myinvention relates'to desks of the genlegs,` it is particularly suitablefor use with k eral class in which the table or top is' detach# flat toppedestaled desks having only four able fronrits suppOllSj and in one ofits legs. I am therefore `illustrating'and degeneral. objects aims toprovide a novel inscribing it particularly in such four legged yterlocking arrangement for detachably se` and flattopped embodiments,although'" do 70 curing the ltable top to one'or more pedestals. notwishl to be limited toy such uses of'y the Furthermore, it aimsl toprovide the intersame. n locking arrangement in asimple and inex-Referring rst to the embodiments 0f pensive construction which willrequire no Figs. l and 4, these relate to a flat ltop table tools formanipulating the same and which in whichthe table top l is detachablymount- 76 will readily permitfone and the same table ed-on a pair ofpedestals disposed respectopk lto be used interchangeably with avaritively vunder opposite ends oi the table, and ety of pedestals. Italso airns to provide an in which a drawer 2 is supported below the ,i

interlocking arrangement off this general middle of the table byZ-shaped steel run# clLSs which can readily be employed 'on 'taners 3secured to the bottom ofthe table top. S0 ble y.tops regardless ofwhether or not these Each of' the pedestals has a pair of end Alegs,tops have drawers secured to the same, and et and desirably isinterlocked with the table in ,one aspect aims to provide aninterlocktopagainst sliding movement by dowels 5 ing arrangement in which the runnersupprojecting downwardly from the table top porting. a drawer alsoaffords at least a part and entering corresponding socketing bores 85 ofthe desired interlocking. Still' further 6 vdisposed in the top of thepedestal', these and also more detailed objects .will appear dowelsockets being desirably 'in the end freni `the following` specificationand` `from frame of the pedestal.

the accompanying drawings, inwhiche- To cooperate with the said dowelsin in- 'Fig/l is a perspective View oi' a four terlocking the table topwith yeach pedestal, 90 legged double pedestal desk, showing the Iprovide each pedestal with a pair of metal slanieasv it. appears whenthe table top has cleats 7 which desirably are secured to the beeninte'rlocked with one of the pedestals top of the inner side of eachpedestal and 40 andisabout to b e interlocked with the other are sodisposed as to project beyond the pedf pedestal. estal towards themiddle of the table. Then 95 Fig. 2 is an enlarged, central,longitudinal provide the table top on its lower face and verticalsection through a desk similark with corresponding krecesses 8 each ofwhich to Fig. l but having simple legsin place of is adapted toy receiveand house one of the the pedestal at theV left hand side of the saidcleats while permitting that `cleatto desk. l n 4rest upon the upperhorizontal web of the 10o Fi 3 isa section through a desk similaradjacent. Z-shaped runner 3. For this purtoFig. 2 but having nov drawercarried by pose, the recess 8 desirably extends somethe table top; ewhat further towards the adjacent 'end of Fig. 4. is an enlarged andl'ragmenaryperthe table top than the corresponding end of spective viewshowing the under side oi' the the cleat which is normally housed bythat 105 table top of Figs. and 2] andthe upper recess. as shown in Fig. 5, thereby permitportion of the right hand pedestal ofthel ting theslidalole insertion of the cleat into Sgm@ figures,l the correspondingrecess when the table top land the pedestal are relatively tilted asshown in F ig. l; Vtlhen both of the recesses 8 adjacent to one of thedrawer-supporting Yrunners arethus simultaneously entered by thecorresponding cleats, vthe subsequent downward swinging of the table top(or Y corresponding outward swinging of the pedestal) will cause each ofthe cleats to be housed by the adjacent recess while permitting thetable top to bear liatwise on the top of the pedestal, and thesimultaneous entry of the dowels 5 into the sockets 6 will then. holdthe table top against sliding uponthe pedestal. Y Y y When the parts arethus assembled, it will Vbe evident from theV drawings that the Vweightof the tabletop continually tends Vreadily be taken apart whenever itmay be desired to move the same Ythrough a narrow do/oror to handle thedesk more easily when its owner moves from one location to another. l Y

v Furthermore, pedestals of a given dimen- KVsion but with diiferentdrawer arrangements, corresponding for example to the two drawerarrangements shown 1n F ig. l, can readily beused interchangeably withthe same table top. Likewise, vtable tops with diiferent upper surfacescan readily be used interchangeably with the same pedestals.Consequently, my arrangement permits both the manufacturer and thedealer to assemble a wide variety of desks from a. relatively smallstockof the constituent parts, thereby greatly reducing both theinvestment and the storage space as compared with that which would berequired for the correspond-Y ingA desks if constructed in the customarymanner with rigidly attached pedestals. So also, since no tools whateverare required for attaching or detaching the pedestals from the tops,this can readily be done by inexperienced persons and at a decided sav-VVingrin this over that ,whichy would be required for screwing orotherwise fastening the corresponding parts to one another. Myinventionis therefore a time saver also, although not involving anyappreciable increase in the manufacturing cost yover the olderconstructions. c

V.Howeven while I have illustrated and described my invention asemployed in embodiments of a highly desirable shape, I do not wish to belimited to the details of the construction and arrangement thusdisclosed, it being obvious that the same might be Vmodilniedin manyways without departing either from the spirit of my invention or fromthe appended claims. For example, itis immaterial for the purposes of myinvention whether or not the upper or cleatf engaging ledge of therunner 3 of Figs. l, 2 and i also carries a lower drawer-supportingportion. YWhere no drawer 2 is to beemployed, l can therefore accomplishmy purpose by securing a simple bar 9V tothe lower face of the table topafter the manner of Fig. 3.

I claim as my inventior.`

l. ln a table or desk, a top, a pedestal section at one end of the topto support said end thereof, means to support the other end of the top,said Ytrop Vhaving recesses on its under face, a drawer runner securedto said under face of the tabletop and extending transversely acrosseach of the recesses, and cleats carried by the pedestal'section andextending beyond the inner side of the latter, the cleats beingreceivable in the respective recesses to engage on top of the parts ofthe runner which traverse the recesses so asto be capable of pivotalmovement relative to the runner, the irst named end of the top and thevouter side of the pedestal sectionV having dowel and rsocket connectionsto hold the top and pedestal section against relative longitudinalmovement.

2. ln a table or desk, a top, a pedestal section at one end ofthe top tosupport said end of the top, means Vto support the other end of thetop,said top having recesses on its under face, members carried by theinner side of the pedestal section and receivable in the .respectiveVrecesses, an element common to each of the recesses and traversing thelatterrand engageable with said members to provide a detachable andpivotal connectionV between the top and pedestal section, and meansbetween the top and pedestalsection for holding said parts againstrelative longitudinal movement and being releasable upon relativepivotal movementof the parts. 3. In a tableV or desk, a top, a pedestalsection for supporting one end of the table top havingV floor engagingmeans at its outer side only, means at the other end of the top forsupporting the latter end, means at the inner side of the pedestalsectionfor de-V tachably and pivotally connecting the top to thepedestal section formed to require relative tilting between the top'andpedestal sectionto connect and disconnect the said pedestal section fromthe top and means between the top and section to prevent relallO tivelongitudinal movement between theV parts. Y y

4. ln a table or a deskhaving al pedestal section and a drawer separatefrom the pedestal section, common means for supporting a side of thedrawer and for Connecting the pedestal section with the top; said commonmeans comprising a substantially Z- shaped runner secured to theunderside of the top and having its lower web underhanging the drawerand its upper web eX- tending towards the pedestal; the top havingrecesses on its .under face extendin transversely across tbe said upperweb o the runner, the pedestal section having rigid elements projectingtherefrom transversely of the said web and above the latter and eachnormally housed by one of the said recesses, 15

Signed at Green Bay, Wisconsin, Aug. y20

FREDERICK L. G. STRAUBEL.

